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12 years ago

Here are some shots taken at David Ward's garden on Saturday.

Picea glauca 'Daisy's White'

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Abies concolor 'Eagle Point'

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Picea engelmannii 'Bush's Lace' in foreground

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Picea pungens 'Christmas Blue'

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Border shot

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gardener365
12 years ago
Lovely garden, thanks Richard. Picea glauca 'Sander's Blue' has a nicely colored reversion, I see.

Dax
coniferjoy
12 years ago
Beautiful pics Richard, David does have a very special garden with a very nice assortment of plants!

Picea pungens 'Christmas Blue' is renamed in 'Blue Diamond' and is patented because it's a cultivar which can be easy propagated by cuttings.
It's selected by Nelis Kools from The Netherlands in the early nineties.

Dax, that variegated Picea glauca 'Sander's Blue' is in reality a Picea glauca 'Arneson's Blue Variegated'...
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baxswoh
12 years ago
Really nice. Never thought to combine Black Mondo grass with Blue Spruce, but the colors really work together. A new color combination to add to my landscape. Thanks.
gardener365
12 years ago
Edwin, 50/50 I knew I'd screw up. What is the distinguishing factor if I may ask?

Dax
ricksample
12 years ago
Very nice! Those Japanese Maples in the background really help set the conifers off and vise versa!
coniferjoy
12 years ago
Dax, there are 3 differend blue 'Conica' types:
-'Alberta Blue'
-'Blue Wonder'
-'Sander's Blue'
None of these is stable with it's blue colour and some day green reversions will take place.
As soon as there are multiple green spots (reversions) on one of these 3 cultivars it's an 'Anderson's Blue Variegated'... ;0)
It's the true story!
sluice
12 years ago
Thanks for the tour!
firefightergardener
12 years ago
The mass planting is what I'd love to see in my own gardens a decade from now. An excellent composition of great plants/contrasts.

Thanks for sharing, it's fantastic!

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gardener365
12 years ago
Wow, Edwin. You're telling me that 'Sander's Blue' should be all blue? Never in a million years would I have ever thought that.

There's also 'Yukon Blue' which is all blue....... of course.

Why do we see 'Sander's Blue' plants never all blue? Also I read a long time ago, that 'Arneson's Blue Variegated' is supposed to grow slower than 'Sander's Blue'? Is this incorrect information I should discard?

Thanks for more clarification.

Dax
zsolti_hungary
12 years ago
Nice garden and great collection with good taste! How old is it? England is a good place for yellow ones... Zs
oakiris
12 years ago
What a beautiful garden! That 'Daisy's White' is stunning.

Thank you for the brief tour, Richard - makes me want to see a whole lot more of his garden, though.

Holly
monkeytreeboy15
12 years ago
Awesome pictures.
I really like the third picture. It shows a great diversity of color and textures among conifers and how the Japanese maples compliment them so well.
Thanks for sharing!

-Sam
coniferjoy
12 years ago
Dax, I had the same thing with Juniperus conferta 'All Gold', I never expected that this one was completely yellow...

'Yukon Blue' doesn't fit in the row of blue 'Conica' types, it's a complete differend one, could be a branch mutation from one of these.

Most 'Sander's Blue' are completely blue at a young age, later on the green spots will appear.
Mother nature isn't easy, she don't like us to have a nice blue 'Conica' in our gardens ;0)

Get rid of the idea that the 'Anderson's Blue Variegated' grows slower then the blue one's, in fact it can grow faster because of more chlorophyl which sounds pretty logical if you ask me...
clement_2006
12 years ago
Please :'Anderson's Blue Variegated' or 'Arneson's Blue Variegated' ????
Clement
coniferjoy
12 years ago
'Arneson's Blue Variegated' it is.
Anderson's is a mistake, maybe at that time I had Pamela Anderson's witches' brooms on my mind, but I'm not sure :0)
gardener365
12 years ago
Hi Pamela,

Does 'Arneson's Blue Variegated' have less green/more blue at a later age than a 'Sander's Blue'? This is correct, yes?

Dax
coniferjoy
12 years ago
No, that's not correct.
Just like I told before every 'Sander's Blue' will turn into a 'Arneson's Blue variegated' at a later age.
In fact it should be named 'Arneson's Green Variegated' but that is not a chique cultivar name...

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